The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has developed the TechSolutions Program to provide information, resources and technology solutions that address mission capability gaps identified by the emergency response community.
The goal of TechSolutions is to field technologies that meet 80 percent of the operational requirement, in a 12- to 15- month time frame, at a cost commensurate with the proposal but less than $1 million per project. Goals will be accomplished through rapid prototyping or the identification of existing technologies that satisfy identified requirements.
Only first responders are eligible to submit capability gaps to the TechSolutions website (please, no unsolicited proposals or grant requests). If you are a first responder who has identified a capability gap that impacts multiple departments or sectors of the first response community or an idea that would aid fellow first responders in doing their jobs faster, safer, and more efficiently, please relay your idea or capability gap to the DHS TechSolutions Program via e-mail to techsolutions@dhs.gov.
Submissions should be no more than three typed pages created in Microsoft Word using Arial Regular 10 pt. font. Please include your contact information so that we may update you on the status of your submission.
TechSolutions is not the appropriate forum for vendors to submit product ideas. Vendors who have a technology or product idea that may be of interest to the Department should communicate their idea to the Department's unsolicited proposal website, www.dhs.gov/xopnbiz/opportunities/editorial_0617.shtm.
TechSolutions is not the appropriate forum for agencies or departments seeking grant assistance for technologies that already exist.
Agencies or departments seeking grant assistance should visit www.grants.gov or contact their State Administrative Agency at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/contact_state.htm.
